Fastening device.



F. S. GARR.

FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLIoATIoN :FI-LED JAN. 1o, 190e.

Patented Dc, '2

lin/vena?? UNITED STATES PATENT 4man1) s. cama, oF nnooxmnn, MASSACHUSETTS, 'nssrenonro'cama TASTENER COMPANY, or BosToN, MASSACHUSETTS, An lconneimmon-"o'lr MAINE.

FASTENING DEFICE.

i Specification of Letters latent.

. Patented Dec. 1909.

Application vfiled January 10, 1908. Serial No. 410,124.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it 'known that I, FRED S. CARR, of Brookline, in thel county of Norfolk and "tate of lvlassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenin Devices, of which the followingv is a speci cation.

This invention relates to a fastening device vadapted to detachably connect two parts or pieces, such as parts of a glove or-a gar ment, or such as a carriage curtain and the tivelylockedto the socket member against n.

a direct outward pull, orv in other words, against pressure tending to move the stud member in a rectilinear direction from the socket member, and is capable of being separated from the socket member `only by a tipping movement in one direction, or, in otherwords, by pressure exerted in a direction oblique to the direction of pressure which tends to separate .the stud member from the socket -member.

My invention is embodied in a stud and socket fastening device, vthe members of which are interlocked by the insertion of the stud-into the socket, and are held positively enga ed against rectilinear pressure on 'one mem er tending' to separate it from the other member, and are adaptedV to bedisconnected by pressure exerted obliquely, 0r, in other words, by a tipping movement of one of the members relatlvely to tlie other.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,-Figure 1 representsa top plan view of a fastener embodying my invention, and portions o f the two parts connected thereby. Fig- 2-represents a section on line 2-2 of Fig.' 1. v Fig. 3.rep resents in separate views the several parts of the fastener disconnected. Fig. 4 represents la plan view of one of the partsl of the studmember. Fig. 5 represents'a planl view of the socket member. Fig @represents a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 5.Y -'Fig. 7 repv resen'ts a section on, line 77 of Fig. 2. j Y

The Same charactersof reference indicate thesame parts in all the figures.

The socket. member-a of 4my improved fastener is preferably circular,and made of sheet .metal in the formof a shallow cupy Ahaving a bottom portion .12, and a flange .or wall 13 which is oifset to forman'annular inwardly-opening groove or ,channel 14.'

preferably by pressing portions 1,6 of ythe outer Wall of said groove downwardly uponl one end -portion of the wire,the opposite end portion of each wire jaw being free, and nor# mally projecting into. the stud-receiving space surrounded by the ange 13. v The extreme outer end of each jaw is bent outwardly, as shown at '160, So that the outer side of the groove 14 overhangs it, the jaws being thusprevented from escaping from its plane of operation. Y

c represents the stud member of the fasten-l ing device, this member being here shown as composed of two general parts ;"viz.,l a head.

18 formed to 'enter the socket a, said head beingmade of sheet metal, and provided with a tubular shank 19 and a sheet met-al cap 20 having a tubular flaring bottom piece 21 adapted to 'enter the shank 1 9, the under j face of the bottom piece 21 serving as an anvil to spread and upset the upper portion ofthe shank 19 when the twoparts of the stud member are pressed together, as Shown 15 l5rep`resent resilient wire jaws, eachfof. which is flxedly secured in thegroove 14,

-so i in Fig. 2. The head 1,8 is provided on its outer side with. a convex marginal portion 22, which is adapted, when the 'stud member` -is being inserted in the socket member, .to

force the jaws 15 outwardly until the stud member,l has 'fully entered the socket member, the head 18 having two shoulders 23 and 24'which'engage the jaws 15, as shown in Fig. 2, when the stud member is in place in the Socket member. The shoulder 2 3 is with the bottomof the socket member, and at right angles with the direction'of movement of the-stud member when the latter is moving4 outwardly from the socket member, as-indicated by the arrow m in llig 2, the form` and arrangement ofthe shoulder 23 direction indicated by the arrow- Athe "flat, and is in aplane vsubstantially parallel loo being such that when force is applied to thel stud member tending td, "-move it in the shoulder will be positively locked against such movement by the corresponding jaw 15.

The shoulder 24e 'is inclined or'oblique, as shown in Figs. 2 and,3,. the arrangementbeingsuch that when the shoulder is pressed i: outwardly against the "corresponding jaw 15, ,.it is adapted to' displace said jaw and l pass bythe latter.

:lt will be seen 'by reference to Fig. 2 that when the stud member is Aengaged with the socket member, pressure-.eilerted on lthe part e to whichthe 'stud member is attached,

tending ,to separate it from vthe part f, to.

which the socket member is attached, will be prevented .by the engagement of the shoulder 23 `with the corresponding` jaw l5, so long as the pressure is exerted in a recti linear outward direction', Aindicated by the l'arrow When, however, pressure is ez;-

erted obliquely, as indicated by the arrow y, and in' such manner as t'o tip the socket member, andraise theside thereof on which.

the oblique shoulder 2i is :toi-ined, said shoulder will displace the corresponding j aw 15, and the shoulder 23 will be withdrawn from' under .the other jaw l5 by the tipping motion oiffthe stud member. Provision is therefore made for readily disengaging the two parts by special manipulation or pre'sf sure, which, however, is in a diiierent direc-v tion' from that exerted on the stud membery by the erdinary conditionsof use. For example, when the fasteni g dey ce is .applied to aelove' the natural strain or ressure tending 'to separate the members is in the direction'of the arrow 0:, this pressure being resisted by the positive-engagement of shoulder Q3 with the accompanying jaw 15, aided.

by. the friction offshoulder 2i with the other jaw l5. It is 'impossible to separate vthe members, except by tipping one member.

relatively to the other in the direction indid by the arrow y, this tipping motion accidentally.

" part f, and are clenched upon the bottin if; one which is not likely to be caused The socket member maybe attached =L-v` ,the part j by means of a clamping plate QU having' prongs QT-whicli pass through thy n s thesockjet member. The studniember -peri'nit the described tipping motion of the stud member. I

lily invention is not limited to the details of construction here shown, and the same may be variously modied, within the limits of mechanical skill.

I claim: f. c

A fastener composed of a socket member having acenter post and also having'a marginal inwardly openin1 groove and resilientjaws secured to the socket member -iii said groove, and project-ing inwardly from' the atter, and a 'stud member formed .to enter the socket memllier, and having' a "center 'pocket to receive said post and also proyidedy with a flat shoulder adapted to be positively interlocked with one of the jaws, and an inclined shoulder adapted to vexert a displacingpressure on the other j aw.,v A

In testimony whereof I have aixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

` FRED S.-CAlllt, Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, P. PEzzE'r'ii.

lbe secured tothe part e by inserting-'the 

